St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-16
RUMBLE OF THE RAILS.
The Proposed Construction of a Great
Road From Boston to Duluth and
Minneapolis.
The Northern Pacific Railway Oontem-
plating an Important Western Ad-
dition to its Lines,
Which VIII Greatly Increase its Fa-
cilities for Handling Through
Business.
The Daily Yarn Regarding the Bal
timore ~ Ohio Bobs UP
Serenely.

A few days ago about twenty gentlemen
of the Boston Executive Business associa-
ton held meeting in Boston for the pur-
pose of considering the matter of increased
railroad facilities between Boston and the
West. Mr.. B. f. Smith. brother of the
vice president of the Boston, uoosac Tun-
nel & Western road, explained the scheme
proposed by party of well known and
wealthy capitalists, for a new road from
Duluth, Mimi, to Boston to be operated
and controlled by one company. He said
it was proposed to build n road from Duluth
to Sault st. Marie, distance of 41O miles.
This is already started, and it is expected
! it will be completed in time for
the next crop of wheat in September and
October. Messrs. Brown, Howard IL CO.
are to build the road. There is also to be
built road by the Washburns. the extern
sive millerS of Minneapolis, who turn out
| about 20, 600 barrels of flour day, road
extending from Minneapolis to Sault Ste.
| Marie, distance of 500 miles. which will
also be completed by September or October.
bridge is to be built at the straits of Ste.
Marie, and as the Canadian Pacific road
proposes to build branch to this point, it
Is planned to build a bridge for both roads
This bridge and the Canadian Pacific
branch, it is expected, will be finished by
next fail From Sault Ste. Marie to Brock
vile. Ont, is 500 miles and forty miles of
this part of the road has been built The
ST. Lawrence river is to be crossed
by bridge, and the road will
pass through New York west of the Adj
r0ndack mountains and connect with the
West Shore road at Rotterdam junction,
and there with the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel
" Western road. 1t is further proposed to
connect by the Hoosac Tunnel Il Western
route to North Adams or Williamsburg.
From Williamsburg to Williamstown,
twenty miles, new road will be built. and
with the New Haven 81 Northampton road
connection will be made with the Massa-
chusetts road to Boston. 1t is the inuen-
lion to complete this road, which can be
done without trouble. More grain was
handled last year in Duluth than in Chi
cago From Duluth to Boston by the pres
ent route round through Chicago it is 800
miles farther than by the proposed new
route. 1t was also argued that when grain
and produce pass through Chicago there are
the Baltimore IL Ohio. Pennsylvania and
other roads terminating in Baltimore
and Philadelphia and New York, which
take all this freight, and Boston cannot get
any OF 1t. BY completing this proposed
line the grain and produce of Duluth. it is
Claimed, will pass out of the reach of these
three lines. The gentlemen interested i'm
the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western road
are also unanimously in favor of the plan
for new road from Duluth to Boston.
Some of the gentlemen interested in the
matter are Messrs. Columbus r. Cummings.
prominent railroad man of Chicago,
worth at least SIS, 600. 600; James Mcmillan
and Hugh Mcmillan, wealthy and promi-
nent men of Detroit, Mich; Samuel
Thomas, of New York. president of the
Eastern Tennessee Virginia & Georgia
railroad, and man of large wealth;
Calvin 5. Bryce Francis Smith and George
Warren Smith. of New York; Fl. C. Fahne-
stock and G.. f. Baker, of the First Ma
tional bank of New York; Austin Corbin,
president of the Reading railroad; L. Won
Hoffman u Co., bankers. of New York;
Lawrence Bros. d Co., bankers, of New
York: James o. Sheldon and H. r. Shell
don, of New York, both men of large
wealth: Robert B. Minturn, of Gripnell.
Minturn & Co.; S. V. White, j. II. Steb-
bins and j. G. Moore, of New York:
Augustus KOurtZe, E. G. Benedict & Co.,
ID. b. Hatch, and MeSsrs. Rosenbaum.
Van Hess and Thalman, of the Boston.
Hoosac Tunnel & Western railroad. Ali
we ask is simply to get the charter to com.
plete the scheme. Ships will return to
meet the freight, and Boston will at last
realize what she has so long wanted.
through trunk line to the far West, inde-
pendent of New York"